4 comments:

The photos are simply beautiful, as are the people in them! Good for you on (almost) finishing your last list. Good luck with this one. The list all sounds attainable, but I'll still send you positive thoughts.

Speaking of which, here's a thought....a holiday trip to Chitown? I know, I'm pushing it, but there really is a TON of stuff to do here for the holidays. Starting with the windows at Macy's (wish it was still Marshall Field's, though!!) Winter Wonderfest at Navy Pier, all the festivities in Daley Plaza all season plus the giant tree, the gorgeous decorations all up and down State Street, oh, I could go on and on! Just a thought....

I'm going to think about what other gifts you could make the two older kids. It's tough, I know. Lex has been asking for (gasp!) cash or gift cards the past couple of years, so he can later get something he wants. But, I'm with you guys, a gift made by your own four hands would be so much more meaningful. I generally give all my friends homemade gifts every year. I usually bake cookies, cakes, pies, cheesecakes and breads, and I make some killer fudge (dark chocolate and peanut butter). It's so funny, but my fudge has become part of some of my friend's family traditions. More than one friend has commented that it just isn't Christmas unless they have my fudge on their table. Sweet, right? Now, if only I could figure out this whole crochet/knitting thing the way you did, I could also make them hats and scarves this Christmas...

About Me

What am I? I'm a mother and a wife. I'm also a widow and very independent. I enjoy living simply and absorbing the world. I'm opinionated and thoughtful. I knit and I sew. I also consider myself a feminist. I stand up for the ones who can't do it themselves. I give all of myself to those I love daily. I like to bury my nose in a book but will speed read it in 4 hours. I hate to clean but I hate a mess. I enjoy medicine, psychology, art and people. I think human beings and the human psyche are so very interesting. I have no order to any of this that I am, it all comes out when it wants and where it wants.... and I let it.

Knitting Patterns, Sewing Projects, and Helpful Websites:

Our Beautiful Family

Love your children and teach them the world....

"You are a marvel. Each second we live is a new and unique moment of the universe, a moment that will never be again... And what do we teach our children? We teach them that two and two make four, and that Paris is the capital of France. When will we also teach them what they are? We should say to each of them: Do you know what you are? You are a marvel. You are unique. In all the years that have passed, there has never been another child like you. Your legs, your arms, your clever fingers, the way you move. You may become Shakespeare, a Michelangelo, a Beethoven. You have the capacity for anything. Yes, you are a marvel. And when you grow up, can you then harm another who is, like you, a marvel? You must work- we all must work- to make the world worthy of its children."--Pablo Casals